Mississippi Forgets Its Own History

This week Mississippi has joined the call of many Republicans around the country. That's right, they think nullification is the answer to the Kenyan usurper all their problems. 

 Rep. Gary Chism (R), chairman of the House Insurance Committee, and Rep. Jeff Smith (no not that Jeff Smith) (R), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee have written a bill that is in the Mississippi state House called the Mississippi Balance of Powers Act. This is ludicrous for several reasons.

I have laid out the history, and failure, of nullification measures in thepast. They never end well and on one occasion ended in a great deal of bloodshed.


Mississippi, and the other legislatures around the country with such legislation in the works, does not understand what they are doing. The Great Debate is over and the Articles of Confederation are well in the past because they did not work. They did not create the environment for a great country to flourish. The United States would not be the country it is if people like Mississippi State Rep. Jeff Smith had his way in the beginning. We are the United States because we bucked the Articles of Confederation and came closer together. We do not function as separate countries, but that is essentially what this bill seems to want.


On second thought... let 'em secede again. They're too damn expensive.